US Health Care Costs

Stomach and digestive disorders, with major complications in New Hampshire

MS-DRG 391: Esophagitis, gastroenteritis and miscellaneous digestive disorders with mcc

$42,219typical hospital bill
$10,645typical amount paid
$9,756–$15,360range paid across 8 hospitals

New Hampshire hospitals billed Medicare a typical $42,219 for this stay in 2024, about 4.0 times what was actually paid. Medicare's payment depends mostly on the hospital's location and teaching role; the bill depends on the hospital's own price list, so bills vary far more than payments.

Billed (list price)Actually paid (Medicare + patient)

HospitalCityMedicare staysBilledPaid
Wentworth-Douglass HospitalDover20$39,739$9,756
Southern Nh Medical CenterNashua14$31,014$10,120
Elliot HospitalManchester15$27,459$10,301
Catholic Medical CenterManchester24$34,912$10,539
Concord HospitalConcord35$44,920$10,750
Portsmouth Regional HospitalPortsmouth15$97,821$11,187
St Joseph HospitalNashua11$51,874$12,905
Mary Hitchcock Memorial HospitalLebanon32$44,699$15,360

Medicare: CMS, 2024 (hospitals with 11 or more Medicare stays). Cash and insurer prices: hospitals' own price files, where read; insurer figures are commercial plans only, median and 10th–90th percentile across plans.